Junction or outlet box.



110.954,195. Y Y PATENTED MAY 21, 1907. L. W. BossERT.

JUNCTION OR .OUTLET BOX. APPLIOATIQNu FILED 111113.10. 190e.

- No. 854,195. PATENTED MAY 21,' 1907.

' L. W. BOSSERT.

JUNCTION 0R UUILET BOX.

APPLIOATIOKIILED FEB. 10. 1806. y

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

LEON w. BossEar, or Urrea, NEW YORK.

. JUNCTIONVOR OUTLET BOXL y Specicationof Letters Patent. application led Februarv 10,1906. Serial No. 300,509.

No. 851%,195 Patented May 21, 1907.

yisstrained more or lessl by the tremendous friction between the outside Wall of the box and the drawing die in passing through the same, and' such surface thereby becomes To all' voli/mailt may concern: I Be it known that I, LEON W. BossERr, a l

citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of OneidaandState of NewYork, have invented certain new and I hard and brittle therefore, if the plug is cut usefull Improvements 1n Junction or Outlet i from the inside wall of the box and partially Boxes and I do hereby declare the following 'pdriven to the outside, the soft and contractto be a full, clear, and exact description of i ed fiber of the may be screwed,

aiiording means steel may becut clear, thereby t avmg no uneven surface around the openmgin the box. The operation of driving a plug outwardly may e utilized so as to orm a flat surface on the inside and outside of the box at the same press, which is an advantage in the case of a round box, as a better contact between the conduit and' box may be'had.` My invention'comprises yother details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and 'then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is .a sectional view ythrough an outlet box made the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the-same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked there-y on, which forma part of this specification.

-This inventionrelates tonew and useful improvements in junction or outlet .boxes in which the walls of the box or bottom are provided with weakened portions which may be removed therefrom to permit electric .conductors to be carried into ,the interior of the boxes and proper connections made at the desired point or points.

The :object of the present invention is to provide a box having plugs which are entirelyv walls of the box which Severed from the p in accordance with my inplugs are lcut from the metal of the box and vention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through pressed toward the outside surface thereof the-box. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through instead ofv toward the inside, as has been common in the art, and by the/driving of the plugs in accordance with the resent invention, means is afforded whereby theplaster oi a wall may securely adhere toand hold a box in place. I g

For commercial purposes it is desirable to furnish to the trade boxes having removable pings or weakened portions out from the walls and bottoms thereof, which, when removed, form means for the entrance of conduits and conductors,and at the same time for closing all openings not used for conduits in the box, when placed in a wall.4 For electrical purposes, it is. required that thereshould be good connections between the boxes and conduit, and the ground, and to this end I provide means comprising struck up portions adjacent to the periphery of the plug closed openings against w ich 4the tightening nuts upon a conduit forminga secure contact a square-outlined box. Flg. 4 is a sectional view through a box, anvil and punching die. Fig. 5is a similar view showing a plug which has'been severed from'the wall of the box and ridges struck up about the marginal edge thereof Fig. '6 is a sectional view showing'the end of the die. Fig 7 is a side elevation of the unch, and view ofthe punch).

Reference lnow being had to the details lof the drawin s byletter, vA designates a circua piece of ductile sheet metal by means of punches and dies, toward the outside surface of the box and projecting therefrom, .forming means whereby the box may be securely anchored by a plastering within a partition. Referring to Fig. 4 of the drawings,l will be seen an anvil C having a die per edge of the projecting portion thereof and adapted to ooo erate with the punch E which has `a-recess Iii)l in the bottom thereof,

surface. Y

Indrawing up a flat piece of steel in thel shape of `a box, the texture or liber of the upper surface of such piecel of metal, which in all. cases forms the inside of the box,'is not stretched or strained, -but is contracted, while the under vor outside surface of the box of the wa l ofthe box, and at locations about lar-outline outlet box which is formed from' preferabl l of a less depth than'the thickness.

1 the marginal edgeof said recess are the inden- Fig. 8 is an end ros' IIO

Y. thereof. By the vclearly shown in drawings.

InFig. 4 of the drawings, I have shownthe die and punch in the positionsv they"assume when about. to act upon the Wall' of the box, and in;Fig. 5V .ofthe drawings, the punch is shown as having been drivenl against the wall of the box 'and a lug severedfrom the Wall' and the ridges F ormed intheSouter-surface lofv the box and rojecting about the marginal edges of the' p u iilled apertures. Thelre- 4cess E in the jen ofthe punch is preferably less in depth than the thcknes'sof the metal, whereby as the punch is forced against the metal; a disk orplug cut'from the wall of the box, will be spread' and'forcedto expand lateralll Aso that the' severedl portions nthereof will e caused' to vfirmly engage the surround- Ain Wall of the partiall formed aperture and Wi 1 not be forcedJ entirely through the walk i revision of the ridges v aboutithe margina edges of the apertures froin'which'jthe plugs are \cut means is afforded for-making good connections between l the lock nuts-J (Fig. 1 which illustrates a conduit connected with the box), ,and the latter.

Should'it be desired to have iiat surfaces lon 4the inside and outside of*- the round box for -fastening bushings and lock nuts, Ksuitable dies and punchesmay bevfurnished for formed at one operationand withoutextra Ithat purpose, 'whereby such surfaces may be cost. l

lncommon nature of: the oregoing are coated with a heavy insulating enamel baked uponfthe same-to prevent rusting. In order to makeh good ground connection between the conduc-` torland the box, the enamel uponthe boxes -now commonly -in.use\ haste be scraped off around the outletxwherejthe conduit vislin-l serted, ora pieceoffc'opper Wire'vfastened to theconduit'and box. These proceedingsree-f4 quire time andare therefore` expensive A are rendered unnecessary bythe present 1nvention, as it willbe readily understood that the ,insulating enamelis automatically ref, moved-from' thevridge's 4about the marginal 2 through an aperture in the box.'

at the point of severance of the integral perf plugs, have been iirs't .ground down and which necessitates additional time the marginal edges of said blanks-or outlines of the pertures by the-tighteningzof i 'the'lock nuts to the box.`

wall ofthe box,l and a s crewfl is passed of the'cover and is adapted to engage a thread-k ed aperture inan angled clip W 'ch passes yFrom the foregoing, itv will be noted` thatv the disks o i plugsl are .driven outwardlyv instead of inwardly,as has been the common' practice, .the texture or the fiber of. the upper l c surface which forms the inside of the box is .not stretched or strained,'but iscontracted, while the outersurface is necessarily strained side, ithas been found that'the e'dges'of` theapertures are frequently so roughened that they will cause dama e to conduitspassing through the same, unessthe` roughed edges tions of the and labor.'

What I claim is r 1. An' loutlet boxA having one lor more blanks or vplugs partially severed from the wall thereof and projecting beyond the side wall of the box, ridges struck up from the i s l box and extending through the marginal'ap ractice, outlet boxes ofthe.

ertures of said blanks and ing the same, as set forth.

2. `An 'outlet boxl having one oi'. more .blanks or plugs partiallyy severed from the fromv the vouter surface of the box about plugs, as showniand-described'.

In' testimony whereof I hereunto -ax signature in the presence of two witnesses. e

LEON W. -BOSSERT .Xtit'ii'es'sest" l" DAYTON` ROTH,

CLARENcnC. BoFF. I

, @sv` by the formation of an'outlet box iii-Which.

8c:v l punching of'theblank plugs toward the infrictionally' engag- 

